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I did create an account for a new email address. I never got a response from the ESO people on my original inquiry / support ticket. I did get a survey on how well they resolved my ticket. Needless to say, I did not respond kindly.

I started a sorcerer because I wanted a pet class with nukes. At first is was OK, but then the pets just stopped holding aggro. I was fine with one mob, but more than one, and I started dying a lot.

I then started a DK using plate and dual wielding… I have slotted all my powers to also heal me too. I hope this is viable long term. Its a shame they limit you to so few powers you can use at once.

The crafting mats sure suck up inventory space. I am mostly sticking with smithing, but I am also playing with runes, and trying to mess with alchemy, but so far, I have discovered zero potion formulas.

4265

Pets work a bit differently than your standard MMO. In most MMOs, the role of pets is to reliably taunt and do some damage while you nuke/arrow them to death. In ESO, they always seemed to me to be supplementary and aren’t intended to hold aggro. So even while playing a pet-heavy spec, it’s going to be important to hone your (player) skills in survival: dodging, blocking, and CC/heals (if applicable).

Survival in ESO is a bit different in general and it can take a little while to get the feel for it. Again, unlike most MMOs, you’re not designed/intended to take punches to the face. You need to dodge, block, or better yet interrupt any special/power attacks. These can be seen by gold sparks (block or dodge it) or red sparks (interrupt it) surrounding the mob as it powers up the attack. Also, make sure to roll out of any telegraph on the ground you see.

4266

Update 17 has some cool new systems. Item storage in your house, outfits for cosmetic appearances, and a level-up advisor/rewards system. Neat stuff. No major new content, just a couple dungeons.

4267

Whoa, it really IS now and forever!

4268

Did you by any chance upgrade to a frost staff around the time your pets stopped holding aggro? Because unless things have changed in the past few months (the last time I played, as I’ve been busy), frost damage acts sort of as a taunt.

4269

I do not know. It was not so much one mob, but if I had 2 or more mobs, then things got difficult.

So far, though, I like my DK. He can kill far faster and seems far tougher than my sorcerer.

I do have some questions though:

  1. Do mobs scale to your level? I ask this because I seem to see higher level players running around the area I was. There was this anchor thing coming from the sky and there was a level 42 player there fighting the mobs. I also did a bunch of main quest stuff and the mobs always seemed to be my level (not that I can distinctly see my level).

  2. What are heroic points and how do you get them? I have seen some mention of them on various builds for character classes.

  3. Does ability damage work like it does in diablo 3? For example, I am using dual wielding, and there is the first power, flurry I think, that does 5 attacks, that each do 408 damage. Does this go up with level or equipping a better weapon will improve this?

4270

You are scaled to 50 in all zones regardless of your actual level, as of the One Tamriel update, I believe.

4271

So, if there is a mob that I can’t kill, some coven witch in my case, gaining levels will not really help me beat her?

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  1. Yes.

  2. Do you mean Champion Points? They’re like Paragon levels in Diablo 3. They look like the Perk trees from Skyrim, where you invest points in different constellation looking things.

  3. I’d need to verify this, but I weapon skills should scale off of your Stamina stat, as do your light/heavy attacks with all weapons but Staves. I’m not sure if the ability damage itself scales off the weapon, but I would assume so.

4273

Not directly. You’re not going to outlevel the mob, but more levels can mean more skill points to invest and play with. You could focus on upgrading some gear, but other than that it’s going to be a matter of playing the fight better.

EDIT: Also, if you’re not already, eat some food and drink. Food can really boost your max HP by a solid amount.

4274

ESO is much more “mechanics” driven than most other MMOs when it comes to average leveling mobs/quests. It’s not really a game where you can just stand in bad, even with run of the mill mobs. There are a couple of builds that can get away with it, templars for instance, but mostly, you have to work a bit on every fight. It’s also very weird in how skills and abilities work, it’s often very counterintuitive to stuff you might be used to from previous games.

Levels will actually help you defeat things, as you open up more skills, and with a lot of classes, some of the later skills really are a big deal.

ESO is a bit of a strange game to really “get”, but once you do you’ll find it’s a really interesting system. Most people for instance, would look at a “sorcerer” and think, ok, that’s going to be a ranged caster/pet class. You can play it like that just fine, but they also make great tanks/melee characters, one of the best in the game actually. That all has to do with what weapons you use, and how you build the character. My favorite build in the game was a melee sorc, who was literally unkillable and could solo dolems (those big anchor things).

Just keep plugging away, it’s one of those games that’s worth the investment to really figure out what’s going on.

4275

I found that making sure I have my Ultimate ability available for tough fights helps immensely. Ultimates are pretty powerful in this game.

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My current build that I am happy with is DK, putting all my points into magic. I start with burning embers, which is a heavy dot with a heal at the end. Then obsidian shard which is a stun that heals. Then there is flame lash 2x. The first one will disorient a stunned mob. The 2nd hit does a lot more damage and heals you on disoriented mobs. Then I spam duel wield skill (the first one, flurry I think) that does 5 hits and the last hit heals you as well. This one uses stamina though. My last power is the voltaic armor skill, which is an aoe dot and defense.
My ultimate is the shifting standard (to bad I can’t save up more than one charge of this).

I hope this all scales well. I read some stuff where it says you should focus on either stam or magic skills, but not both. I am hoping it works out because the flurry power is my only stam power and I figured I should have something that uses my other energy pool.

It seems to be working out well. I wish I had one more slot because there is a power that will let me pull mobs from a distance that would be cool.

I am mostly focusing on smithing for my trade skill, but also am working on enchanting, cloth work (if it turns out that heavy armor will not be good in the long run), food (if I find the recipes), and alchemy although this one doesn’t seem very good so far. I made a few potions I thought would be healing and they are complete crap, not to mention getting the ingredients was quite difficult.

I have not found anything to spend money on other than inventory bag upgrades. My bank is full of crafting mats, so Ill have to buy slots for that soon I guess.

I am liking it so far. Maybe if I play it for 2 months and still want to play more, Ill consider a subscription.

Oh, and horses are super slow. Do you buy better horses somewhere? There is nothing on my horse to indicate its speed. I saw some in a stable, but again there was nothing about them being faster. I did see the upgrades you can buy, like 1% faster you can buy once per day. I also saw you can add bag space to horses. How can you store stuff on a horse? I either summon it or unsummon it.

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One thing I found, in dealing with tough mobs, is to come back when there are more people around. The part where you had to kill the tree (?) was impossible for me solo. But I came back when there were a bunch of people there and smooth sailing. Don’t even have to group. If you’re there when it goes down, you get the kill.

4278

You feed them at the stable once per day, which gives you a point to spend on them. You can put it in speed, stamina, it carrying capacity.

4279

How do you store things on horses? I just hit the H key and the horse appears and I automatically mount it. When I get off, it disappears. Can it be like a bank on 4 legs?

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Horse storage just expands your bag, it’s not separate.

4281

I just noticed that they’re giving all accounts ESO Plus for the next 6 days (minus the free Crowns, natch!)

ESO Plus accounts get a free Crown crate everyday they log in for the 6 days.

4282

Oh, cool. If I’m not mistaken, you can dye costumes with ESO Plus!

4283

Thanks for the heads up.